Urarinas District is one of five

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the province Loreto in

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. In addition to Jivaroan-speaking peoples, a major

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Amazonian group residing in this District is the

Urarina The Urarina are an indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon Basin ( Loreto) who inhabit the valleys of the Chambira, Urituyacu, and Corrientes Rivers. According to both archaeological and historical sources, they have resided in the Chambira Basi ...

people.Dean, Bartholomew. 2009.
Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia
'. Gainesville: University Press of Florida

References

Districts of the Loreto Province Districts of the Loreto Region {{Loreto-geo-stub